Bomb squad called to check out vehicle near Liberty square

No suspicious device found

UPDATED 5:28 PM CST Nov 20, 2012

LIBERTY, Mo. -

The Kansas City Bomb Squad was called to a parking lot near the square in Liberty Tuesday to investigate a minivan.

According to police, a woman walked into the police department at 9:35 a.m. and asked police to look at her van. Police said the woman had just come from a divorce proceeding and told police her vehicle would not start and said there may be a bomb attached to it.

Police told KMBC's Peggy Breit that the woman's husband is an explosives technician.

"She just had concerns and so she requested us to check for a bomb," said Lt. Andy Hedrick of the Liberty Police Department.

As a precaution, police closed part of the square near Kansas Avenue and Water Street while bomb squad members in protective suits looked over the minivan. Investigators also considered evacuating City Hall and the Family Court building, but decided against it.

No suspicious device was found. Police said the woman's estranged husband also assured them that he had not built a bomb.

The Liberty School District said it has put Warren Hills Elementary School on a precautionary lockdown related to the incident.

Police said in this type of situation, they want to make the situation as safe as possible.

"We're doing everything we can to take precautions and do due diligence," Hedrick said.

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